Margaret Thatcher cancer test ordeal

BARONESS Thatcher is awaiting the results of tests to learn if she has cancer, it emerged yesterday.

The former Prime Minister had a growth removed from her bladder on Thursday and tests will show if it is benign.

Lady Thatcher, 87, may remain in hospital in London over Christmas to recuperate from the surgery, which has been described as “minimally invasive”. Her daughter Carol was expected to visit again last night but her twin Mark is away although he is said to have been in touch.

A hospital spokesman said Lady Thatcher was “resting, doing well and is happy”.

Public relations guru Tim Bell, a former adviser, said this weekend that the operation, which was carried out after she had experienced pain, had been a “complete success” and he described the patient as “very tough”.

Lady Thatcher has suffered from a series of small strokes

Downing Street wrote in a Tweet that Prime Minister David Cameron wished her “a speedy recovery”.

Lady Thatcher has suffered from a series of small strokes.

In the summer she was unable to join the Queen for a lunch as part of the monarch’s Diamond Jubilee.